[Intro ] (spoken, clean arpeggio guitar, light cymbal taps) From a cigarette burn on my wrist to the neon that wouldn't fade, I learned to keep moving even when the sun betrayed. [Verse 1] Streetlight paint on my shoes, midnight on the run, A calendar with one date crossed — the night I came undone. The burn on my wrist still reads the night I ran, Ash on my jacket, pocket full of plans. Concrete tasted like promise, alley prayers in code, I stitched my map in cigarette smoke and owed the road. [Pre-Chorus ] (lift with harmonized backing vox) So when the floor starts shaking, I lace my shoes, I rise, That small flame in the chest outshines the loudest lies. [Chorus ] (big, distorted rhythm guitar; gang vocals) I'M THE FLAME — you can't put me out. I'M THE FLAME — watch the darkness bow. (Short motif: "I'm the flame" repeated, chantable) [Verse 2] (drums kick in fuller, melodic guitar hook echoes) There’s a scar like railroad tracks, the night I stole my name, A coffee ring, a whispered bet, the bar that burned like fame. Sean laughed, CJ dared — we pressed and didn’t wait, Counted chips, not reasons, ran straight through the gate. I still taste the salt of nights that promised gold, A postcard to the past that’s folded, cracked, and cold. [Pre-Chorus ] (add stacked backing vocals for lift) Hearts beat like a metronome, ticking danger into art, We trade a broken promise for a louder, braver heart. [Chorus ] (bigger, gang vocals doubled, melodic guitar fills) I'M THE FLAME — you can't put me out. I'M THE FLAME — watch the darkness bow. I'm the flame — keep the chorus, let the whole world shout. [Bridge ] (strip back to single guitar + breathy vox, then build) (Spoken half-line) Remember when we feared the sound of our own name? Hold this: the match, the spark — don't you throw it away. (Build) Clean guitar arpeggios, snare rolls climb — backing choirs: “I’m the flame.” (Soaring vocal) If the night comes for us with fists of ice and doubt, We throw our hands up, spark the sky — light it loud. From the burn on my wrist to the echo in the crowd, We don’t whisper survival — we sing it proud. [Final Chorus ] (full band, distorted guitars, gang vocals, melodic lead guitar answering) I'M THE FLAME — you can't put me out. I'M THE FLAME — watch the darkness bow. This time we set the sky on fire — we don't come down. I'm the flame — feel the city burn our name into the ground. [Outro ] (fade with repeating motif, harmonized hums) I'm the flame — (I'm the flame) I'm the flame — (I'm the flame) Let it glow, let it grow — eternal fire, never tame. (Production cues: Verse built on clean guitar arpeggios; pre-chorus lifts with harmonized backing vocals; chorus hits with distorted rhythm guitar, gang vocal doubles and melodic guitar hook echoing the "I'm the flame" motif; bridge strips to intimate vocal then explodes into full-band payoff.)